Combined line-reel and marker or chalker



J. H. KERR.

COMBINED LINE REEL AND MARKER 0R CHALKER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28, 1919.

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INVENTOR Jail! 17/5271 WITNESSES I Q BY v 4 ATTORNEY STATES PATENT JOHNH. KERR, OF FORT MILLS, CORREGIDOR, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

COMBINED LINE-REEL AND MARKER. OR CHALKER.

Application filed April 28,

b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. KERR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Mills, Corregidor, in the county. of Gavite, PhilippineIslands, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedLine-Reels and Markers or Ghalkers, of which the followingijslaspecification.

My invention relates to a combined line reel and marker or chalker.

The principal object of my present inven tion is to provide a device ofthis general character which will efiectively chalk a line which will becarried in a position where it will be in engagement with the chalk atall times.

A second object of the invention is to provide a combined reel and chalkholder which embodies a novel means for resiliently retaining the chalkin operative position.

A further object is to provide a chalking device of this general typewhich may be in the form of a shoe or other design which will beattractive as well as efficient in use.

The above general objects and others will be fully set forth in thefollowing disclosure and explicitly defined in the appended claims.

The inventive idea embodies particular cooperating parts, arrangementsand operations, which will be set forth in detail.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved line reel holder and chalkmarker, the forward end thereof being shown in section, and

Fig. 2 is a top elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates the body or holder,which in this instance is shown in the shape of a shoe, but any otherornamental design may be substituted therefor. This holder may beconstructed from any suitable material such as lead or any other heavymaterial so that the device will not be easily displaced or knockedover. The rear end of the body is provided with a cupped recess 11, inwhich is positioned a spool or reel 12 keyed on a rotatable shaft 13.The shaft 13 is carried by the body and has mounted upon one end thereofa crank handle 14 by means of which the shaft is rotated for rotatingthe spool or reel.

Formed in the forward end of the body is a chalk receiving recess 15which contains a block of chalk 16. Positioned at the upperSpecification of Letters Patent.

PatentedfMay 4, 1.920.

1919. Serial No. 293,260.

end of this recess and closing the same is acover 17 which has a handle18 secured thereto. Secured to the under face of the cover 17 atdiametrically opposite points are resilient chalk engaging clips 19which are bent, as at 20 to afford shoulders which engage in notches 20in the side walls of the recess 15. The lower extremities of theseresilient clips are extended upwardly and then laterally toward eachother, which upwardly and laterally extending extremities engage withrecesses formed in the sides of the chalk. These resilient clips forcethe block of chalk 16 downwardly toward the bottom of the recess 15.

A longitudinally extending passage 21 is formed in the body 10communicating at its forward end with the outer end of the body and atits inner end with the recess 15. An enlarged bore 22 extendslongitudinally of the body also and communicates at its forward end withrecess 15 and at its rear end with recess 11.

A cord, or other flexible element 23 is wound upon the spool or reel 12and is passed through the bore 22 into recess 15. Here it is passedunder the block of chalk 16 and is then passed through passage 21 andled from the forward end of the body 10, as shown. Y The outer extremityof this flexible element 23 is provided with a button 2 1 which isadapted to be grasped to withdraw the flexible element from the body.

It will be manifest that when it is desired to withdraw the flexibleelement through the body to mark the same, the button 24 is grasped andpulled forwardly to withdraw it, and when it is desired to inclose thisflexible element within the body, the handle 14 is rotated to wind thiselement therearound.

While this disclosure embodies the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is to he understood that the same is susceptible tovarious alterations and modifications that may be embodied in theappended claims.

i/Vhat is claimed is:

1. In combination with a body having a recess therein and passagesleading from each side of the recess and through which and the recess aflexible element may pass, of a block of chalk carried within the recessto engage the flexible'element, a closure for closing the outer end ofthe recess and re silient means connected to the closure for releasablyholding the same in a closed position and at the same time engage theblock of chalk for forcing the same away from the closure as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. In combination With a body having a recess therein and passagesleading from opposite sides of the recess and through Which and therecess a flexible element may pass, of a block of chalk positionedWithin the recess, said body also having notches communicating with therecess, a cover for the recess having resilient chalk engaging clipsfixed thereon of substantially V-form whereby the clips will engageWithin said notches to releasably hold said cover in a closed positionand at the same time Will bear upon 15 said block of chalk forforcingthe same away from the cover, as and for the pur-

